Corrosion OP – Monday

1. DC
2. Anode
3. Cathode, Anode, Electrolyte
4. A substance which will conduct a current and be broken down by it (be dissociated by it)
5. Degradation of a material by Chemical or Electrochemical means
6. No
7. Hydrogen
8. steel
9. Aluminium
10. Steel
11. Iron Sulphates, Iron Chlorides
12. Zinc, Aluminium, Magnesium
13. From 25 to 100 microns
14. Zinc
15. Electromotive Forces Series, Electrochemical Series
16. Marine Enviroment
17. Haematite, Wustaite, Magnetite
18. Magnesium
19. Industrial (Power Stations etc) and Agricultural Areas
20. Tiny, pinhead-sized, water-filled blisters caused by Hygroscopic salt contamination
(Iron Sulphides/Iron Chlorides)
21. A positively or negatively charged particle or atom. (Unstable Atom)
22. The Polarity (negative or positive) of an atom
23. Positive
24. No
25. Proton, Neutron, Electron
26. Compound of Compressed oxides formed during steel rolling manufacturing operations at 580°C,
thickness 25 to 100µm
27. Temperature, Bacteria, Acids & Alkaline, Oxygen, Bi-Metallic Corrosion (galvanic list location),
Hygroscopic salts
28. It prevents Bi-Metallic Corrosion (Millscale is more Noble than Steel), and improves adhesion and
cleanliness
29. Steel is Hetrogeneous, as it exists as both a Cathode and an Anode simultaneously.
Electrons enter at every available point of the substrate. Iron reacts readily with oxygen to form Iron
Oxide (Rust)
30. Trace Alloying elements in the steel (Nickel, Carbon, Aluminium etc), provides millions of Anodic and
Cathodic areas, (Bi-Metallic contact) so the steel surface will corrode (as it is both and Anode and a
Cathode)